Oil refinery project suspected of polluting environmentWaste water from the Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC is suspected to have killed nearly 50 tonnes of farmed fish in Thanh Hoa Province earlier this month. Nghi Son Refinery projectOn September 6, it was reported that 47 and a half tonnes of fish at 66 households were found dead. On September 13, the Centre for Environmental Monitoring under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment collected water samples off the surface the middle and the seabed near the discharge pipe of the Nghi Son Refinery. Le Van Binh, head of the provincial Environmental Protection Agency said it wasn't sure if Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC caused the pollution but it had used chemical substances and saltwater to clean the 35 km-long oil pipeline. Nghi Son had discharged a total of 42,000 cubic metres of waste water directly into the sea.

Source: VietNamNet News September 16, 2016 17:53 UTC